Re: A better way to think about passwords

2011-04-22 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 4/22/11 10:04 AM, Nicholas Cole wrote: > What I meant was rather this: there are several strategies that > produce good passwords. Teaching them requires (at some employers) a > 30 minute course or the reading of a web page. However, forcing any > *particular* strategy onto users will dramatic

Re: A better way to think about passwords

2011-04-22 Thread Nicholas Cole
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> In short: don't force a particular strategy on your users.  Much >> better to explain to users the general problem, and then leave it up >> to them to pick a password. > > Historically speaking, this has shown not to work.  I'll try to di